Every time we chat, and the discussion turns towards capitalism, she’s the one who without any hesitation just says we should kill them all. Now, though, it’s gone further to torture. And she names names. In addition to people like Bezos and Musk, she includes Ben Shapiro, Andrew Tate and others. I say we should force them to work and maybe learn the error of their ways (After the revolution of course. During it many of these fucks will die and I’ll be glad). Her current jobs is extremely horrible. She’s being massively overworked, verbally abused and, of course, underpaid. So I get her frustration. But it’s also scary. I don’t want her to get in any trouble. I don’t know if I should be gently turning her away from imagining a slow and painful torture of capitalists or not. Am I being a lib or is she too extreme?
www.castanet.net
> "She went to step up to compete for the grade four shot-put final, and right before she went to throw, a grandfather of a student said, 'Hey, this is supposed to be a girls' event, and why are you letting boys compete.' My daughter is cisgender, born female, uses she/her pronouns. She has a pixie haircut," said mom Heidi Star. > Star says the man then carried on to demand certification to prove that her daughter was born female. > "He stopped the entire event. He also pointed at another girl who also had short hair. He then piped in and said, 'Well, if she is not a boy, then she is obviously trans.'" > Star said the man's wife then started calling her "a genital mutilator, a groomer, and a pedophile." This is what happens when you allow Americanism to invade your country.
It’s not fair :angery:
Victoria Flint and her boyfriend attended Spontaneous Potter on Saturday, May 13, to celebrate her 42nd birthday. Both had purchased new cloaks and wands for the event, but were unpleasantly surprised as soon as the performance began. Victoria said: “The first thing that the main character said when opening the show was, "I have never watched a single Harry Potter film or read a single Harry Potter book". The audience then reportedly gasped, to which he replied, ‘and you can suck my balls!’” Victoria said: “It’s not really what I paid £20 each for a ticket for, not what I think many people around me really thought that they paid for. We decided to leave early, it wasn’t anything to do with Harry Potter. "It was just a group of four people that were doing some improvised comedy, and it had no bearing on Harry Potter.” Victoria wrote to Wiltshire Creative, requesting a refund on her ticket but had not received a reply at the time of writing. Victoria said: “[The presenter] did say, ‘Ah, I’ve been wanting to say that,’ because they did a children’s version of it, and he said, ‘I wanted to say that in the kids’ performance, but obviously I couldn’t.’” Victoria said up until that evening, her birthday had gone well. She said: “I’m a bit disgusted and appalled by it really.”
[Link for the Libs. ](https://twitter.com/BadEmpanada/status/1658697185998032896) (Dunk Tank if for… I dunno. Everyone except us.)
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Nice. I always knew there was a reason I hated it.
Started when Destiny gave $10k to the pigs to try and spite FD Signifier and now this dude repeats it.
stinky 1y ago • 100%
IMO, people irl are way nicer when you say you’re a vegan. It’s only online (and probably behind my back) that people say shit.
Tell them you’re vegan. Be strong and unbothered by their questions, teasing etc. Don’t try to “convert” them, unless someone asks.
Listen, I Like Sam, Emma, Matt and all the rest. They are my daily listen, even if I sometimes disagree. And the subreddit is mostly okay, too. A bit too liberal for me to visit that often but not bad. And then I saw this thread. Over 1k upvotes, 600+ comments. And absolute dogshit analysis. Just an orgy of the most CNN-tier vomit spewed over all of our screens. [Here’s the link for all to see. ](https://reddit.com/r/TheMajorityReport/comments/13bq4yv/to_the_people_who_are_in_favor_of_stripping/)
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Such cool systems exist in the world and yet we are stuck with the worst ones. :deeper-sadness:
I think I know the answer but just checking…
stinky 1y ago • 0%
I think there are good alternatives depending on the situations like frustrating, unwise, thoughtless, even evil when it’s capitalism doing something very egregious.
There are alternatives out there. We don’t use them because these ableist words act as a convenient filler, but if there common usage causes some people to feel discomfort, then imo we should look into removing these from our vocabulary.
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> The [apprehension of two men](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/nyregion/fbi-chinese-police-outpost-nyc.html) in New York on April 16, 2023, marked the first known US arrests in connection with Chinese overseas police stations …[More Chinese police stations](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/china-police-state-outposts-00092913) are believed to be operating across the US—though, like in other countries, not all their locations are known. > While foreign intelligence agencies conduct extensive espionage operations in other countries … the scale of China’s international programme and the scope of its responsibilities is notable. Run primarily by ethnic Chinese residents, the main concern of these stations appears to be managing the more than [10.5 million Chinese citizens](https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/china-development-transformed-migration) living overseas, and to a lesser extent the 35 to 60 million people in the Chinese diaspora. > China’s first known use of these stations [occurred in 2004](https://www.africanews.com/2018/11/02/south-africa-gets-13th-chinese-police-co-op-unit-language-center/) with the establishment of the Community and Police Cooperation Center in Johannesburg, following several attacks on Chinese citizens and businesses ... As in other countries, they help Chinese citizens obtain documents, assist in criminal matters, integrate into the country, as well as offer [“security, fire, and ambulance teams.”](https://www.newsweek.com/2022/12/23/xi-jinping-ramps-chinas-surveillance-harassment-deep-america-1764281.html) The Chinese government maintains that they are not police stations but instead function as [“service centers.”](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/china-police-state-outposts-00092913) > [Two reports](https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/patrol-and-persuade-follow-110-overseas-investigation), released in September and December 2022 … indicated that there are now more than 100 overseas Chinese stations active in more than 50 countries. Managed by [China’s Ministry of Public Security](https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-arrested-operating-illegal-overseas-police-station-chinese-government), the stations are operated by police agencies from [three Chinese provinces.](https://www.economist.com/china/2023/02/16/how-much-of-a-concern-are-chinas-overseas-police-stations) > The stations have also brought increased Western attention due to their role in convincing Chinese citizens to return to China to face legal charges… Western officials [had already criticised](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-expanding-international-reach-of-chinas-police/) China for abusing Interpol’s Red Notice system to arrest and extradite citizens abroad for political purposes, while Operation Fox Hunt has allowed Chinese officials to bypass Interpol and deal directly with its own citizens… with China’s Ministry of Public Security itself stating that [210,000 citizens](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/20/explainer-chinas-covert-overseas-police-stations) returned in 2021…Several dual Chinese/US citizens were prevented from leaving China [in 2017](https://thediplomat.com/2021/11/after-4-years-as-pawn-in-china-us-game-seattle-man-is-home/) and [2018](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58674131) in an apparent effort to convince their family members living in the US to return to China…The US does not have an extradition treaty with China, while the [few European countries that do](https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/china-expands-system-extradition-treaties) have taken steps to reduce China’s ability to [enforce it in recent months…](https://www.axios.com/2022/11/08/europe-takes-stand-extradition-to-china) > FBI director Christopher Wray stated in September 2022 that he was [“looking into the legal parameters”](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63671943) of the stations… More than a dozen other countries have [also launched probes](https://www.newsweek.com/china-overseas-police-station-transnational-crime-law-safeguard-defenders-1762073) against the stations in recent months, and other countries have significantly scaled back their cooperation with them. > [The growth in the number of Chinese tourists](https://www.statista.com/statistics/1068495/china-number-of-outbound-tourist-number/) traveling abroad previously incentivized many governments to facilitate cooperation with Chinese police forces, for example, and Chinese police officers were [formerly permitted](https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/11/477630160/chinese-cops-in-italy-joint-patrols-aim-to-ease-chinese-tourists-jitters) to assist Chinese tourists visiting Italian cities. But this decision was [reversed in December 2022](https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-stops-joint-police-patrols-with-china-interior-minister-2022-12-19/), while Croatia is under similar pressure to restrict [Chinese tourist assistance police patrols in its cities.](https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-expanding-international-reach-of-chinas-police/) > Operation Fox Hunt reveals that not even the U.S. has been able to protect dual citizens or those seeking asylum on its own soil. Though Chinese officials will likely have to act even more discreetly for some of their overseas operations, US officials have yet to locate where all these stations are. And even if they are found, the Chinese government has traditionally [cultivated close ties](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/media/uploads/documents/Wong_The%20Diaspora%20and%20China%27s%20Foreign%20Influence%20Activities.pdf) with overseas Chinese communities and has additional avenues to project influence. > [In 2019](https://securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/incident/chinese-serbian-joint-police-patrols-in-key-serbian-cities/), Chinese police officers began patrolling several Serbian cities alongside Serbian police forces to assist Chinese tourists. Additionally, Chinese police officers have worked out of an office in Cambodia’s national police headquarters [since 2019](https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/police-12182019162823.html) to manage Chinese citizens suspected of being involved in crime. Chinese police and security forces have also drastically increased their cooperation with their Latin American counterparts [over the last decade](https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/27/cities-summit-americas-united-states-china-police-safe-city-bri/) to “speed up the signing process of treaties concerning judicial assistance in criminal matters, and expand cooperation in such areas as fighting crimes, fugitive repatriation and asset recovery,” [according to the Chinese government.](https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/white_paper/2016/11/24/content_281475499069158.htm) > [In February 2023](https://www.axios.com/2023/02/28/china-training-developing-countries), China also unveiled its Global Security Initiative to enhance training and cooperation with developing countries’ security forces. And because Chinese stations [do act as legitimate centers aimed to help Chinese citizens abroad](https://jamestown.org/program/chinese-assistance-centers-grow-united-front-work-department-global-presence/), countries with good relations with China and existing and growing Chinese immigrant and worker communities will likely allow further expansion for Chinese overseas stations.
One of my…friends is falling for their bs about China. I need some sources to either debunk their claims or show that they’re literally a cult.
stinky 1y ago • 100%
Unless they operate it like a co-op. Which is definitely possible to do.
stinky 1y ago • 0%
Watching people cry about being dogpiled after themselves being part of the dogpiling on other users is truly delightful.
“No, you have to be good faith and polite and nice even if I don’t do the same to anyone else because I’m a GOOD leftist and everyone I dunk on is a BAD leftist or a grifter or a chud.”
On a serious note, the culture here on a whole needs to change. But that’s not gonna happen. So, just enjoy the circular firing squads with some popcorn and wait your turn.
Link - https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1649278580013277184
stinky 2y ago • 100%
Yeah that was the intent.
Fucking baaaaaaased. How the hell was he ever allowed to make a Hollywood movie???
stinky 2y ago • 100%
The DM black market.
I’ve heard a lot of high praise but it’s such a weird fucking show. It’s like as if Alex Jones made a TV show with all the cliche conspiracy theories. I don’t know if I want to continue.
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> On Monday (10 April), lawmaker Nguyễn Anh Trí put forward a proposal to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to create the new law. > Trí said the law would show that Vietnam values protecting vulnerable communities and “leaving no one behind in its policies”, Việt Nam News reported. > The proposed law would allow people the right to change gender identity, request a different gender identity to the one assigned at birth and the right to choose a medical intervention method for gender-reaffirming surgery. > In a feedback document the day before presenting the proposal, Trí said the government had outlined its support for the proposed legislation. > The chairman of the national assembly’s legal committee, Hoàng Thanh Tùng, said that the country’s legislative body appreciated the efforts of deputies in preparing the proposal. > Tùng added that the national assembly recognises the necessity of promulgating the law, but said that his committee required more clarity on the real-life basis for the creation and enactment of the legislation. > Some scope of the law overlaps with the 2015 Gender Affirmation Law that the government is continuing to study, with Tùng asking lawmakers to continue to look at the issue. > In 2015, Vietnam’s legislature passed the Law on Marriage and Family which removed a ban on same-sex marriage. > That same year, the country passed a proposed law enshrining rights for trans people, by allowing those who have had reaffirming surgery to register under their new gender. > However, in order for the Gender Affirmation Law to be enforced, the bill needed to be discussed by the national assembly, meaning it hasn’t come into effect, so the trans community has no protection from discrimination. > But LGBTQ+ rights are slowly being advanced and, in August, the country’s health ministry declared in an official document, that being LGBTQ+ is “entirely not an illness” and “cannot be ‘cured’, nor need[s] to be ‘cured’ and cannot be converted in any way”.
stinky 2y ago • 100%
China has ended a war that killed hundreds of thousands of children but at what cost?
stinky 2y ago • 100%
This news alone should make you welcome the Chinese century. They did what no Western power wanted to do and now millions of Yemeni will get to live and rebuild their society.
I don’t even have words.
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The war in Yemen looks like it’s coming to an end. U.S. media reported yesterday that a cease fire extending through 2023 had been agreed to, but those reports also included Houthi denials. But today Al Mayadeen, a generally pro-Houthi Lebanese news outlet, is reporting optimism from the Houthi side that the deal is real and the war is winding down. What’s startling here is the apparent role of China in brokering a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi that made this possible. The Saudis seem like they are fully capitulating to the (quite reasonable) Houthi demands, which include opening the major port to allow critical supplies into the country, allowing flights, and allowing the government to have access to its currency to pay its workers and stabilize the economy. Reasonable stuff. With the Saudis no longer backing militants in the war, those rump factions won’t have much capacity left to fight, though there will still probably be some clashes before it’s all said and done. The way the war is ending also underscores just how illegitimate the “government” of Yemen has been the last several years. In reality, it’s a group of exiles living in hotels in Riyadh, fully propped up by and under the thumb of Saudi Arabia. For a while, Saudi Arabia was referring to it in official documents as “The Legitimate Government of Yemen,” though it did no actual governing, and had no legitimacy outside its hotel. It’s now led by the “Presidential Leadership Council,” and look at how the news was delivered to the “legitimate government of Yemen,” according to Al Mayadeen: “The sources stated that Riyadh informed the Presidential Leadership Council of its decision to end the war and conclude the Yemeni file permanently.” The war is over. So is your government. The file is closed. Check out is at 11 am. You’ve been informed. Erik Sperling, executive director of Just Foreign Policy, which has been working for an end to the war in Yemen for years, told me that the Saudi move suggests the country is looking out for its own interests rather than continuing the war for the benefit of U.S. interests in the region. "The Saudi concessions — including a potential lifting of the blockade and exit from the war — demonstrate that their priority is to protect Saudi territory from attack and focus on economic development at home,” he said. “This diverges from the approach preferred by many Washington foreign policy elites who continued to hope that the Saudi war and blockade could force the Houthis to make concessions and cede more power to the US-backed Yemeni 'government.' While the Houthis are a deeply flawed movement, it is both immoral and ineffective to try to counter them by pushing tens of millions of Yemenis to the brink of starvation. The Saudis are smart to cut their losses, end their complicity in this human rights nightmare, and refocus their attention to their own economic development."
stinky 2y ago • 0%
Can you share that article you published here? I’m sure we would appreciate it.
I made the mistake of going to her Twitter to see the actual tweet but I couldn’t find it in the fucking ocean of anti-trans shit she is tweeting and retweeting. Including the Communist Party of Great Britain too when they put out an anti-trans statement. She has completely lost her mind. This is another reason why you shouldn’t have billionaires. Now that they don’t gotta work, all they do is tweet (see also Elon).
stinky 2y ago • 100%
Ah.
stinky 2y ago • 100%
Something that doesn’t get mentioned in this Hasan/Streamer controversy regarding the game.
The fucking developers recognise the importance of Twitch. They are giving exclusive benefits to Twitch viewers who watch people streaming the game.
But somehow streamers say it doesn’t matter if they stream the game or not.
stinky 2y ago • 0%
Yeah, I’ll give them a read. As I said, I trust people here enough to not reflexively dismiss the sources. I was just stating my issues with them and why I tend to not use them that often.
I guess our mileage varies on the AP article. I’ve shown it to people to convince them that China isn’t genociding a million Uyghurs. That leads us to the other parts of the propaganda, yes, but at least it stops them from saying it’s a new Holocaust, which is a win in my book.
stinky 2y ago • 100%
I’ll go through these. I’m sure I’ll have questions.
One of the problems I know already is that blogs etc. are not valid news sources. Even if I trust people here and extend that trust to the blogs y’all cite like Red Sails, that will not convince anyone whose not already pro-China. Their anti-anarchist screeds don’t help their case as an arbiter of truth, btw.
The article by Associated Press a year or so ago that goes over how the camps etc are basically shut down now does far more to convince people than sites like Gray Zone whose front page looks identical to any number of far-right news sources. Stuff like their anti-vax BS really hurts their credibility and calls into question how accurate their reporting really is.
Even Sixth Tone, which literally run by the Party, is much more reliable and trustworthy as a source. Unfortunately, they are not a proper daily news outlet, so they don’t cover everything and mostly focus on cultural issues.
These aren’t non-issues or “whatabout-isms” either. How you treat an issue people know about (in the case of libs, it’s anti-vax bs; in the case of leftists, it’s anarchism) effect how much trust they afford to the source in other issues.